meeowed 314 Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I remember some trolley buses being stored at Plumtree The lad I worked with was called tony spencer he lived at the station for a while and in the nineties I think it was I took an old Notts and derby trolley bus driver down to an industrial estate near bournemouth to see a partly restored Notts and Derby trolley bus I took some photos but have no idea how to download them we had a great day there and they were very obliging even towing the bus outside so we could take pictures meeowed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Trinity Square 1935 anybody else spot owt? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,206 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Marsdens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 What are those two tall things on the left? Putting up the Xmas decs? Btw...Merry Christmas everyone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,427 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 I may be wrong but it looks like the one the right has a display of flags and Marsdens appears to have bunting on the shop front so I'm assuming some sort of celebration. Armistice Day, King George jubilee? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 I can see they are putting the poles back on for the trolleybus. Is the Marsden's a shop, or the cafe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,488 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 It's the same building mentioned in this thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/8906-marsdens-cafe-and-new-milton-restaurant/?tab=comments#comment-110218 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Thought so, but just wondered if it was a shop before it was a restaurant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 897 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Why has the trolley bus got a radiator and engine at the front. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Good question WW. Nowadays it would be called a bi modal vehicle. That's If it is an actual engine. Some experts will fully explain soon no doubt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Would it really travel as far as Ripley under trolley power? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Was going to say its a Notts & Derby Traction A1 on its way back to Ripley but that was before we noticed it was a motor bus as well as a trolley. It seems to be an AEC with the usual Notts & Derby/Midland General badge in place of the AEC badge on radiator. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,427 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, jonab said: Would it really travel as far as Ripley under trolley power? I questioned that some time ago jonab and was assured they did indeed go that far out. Seems they were called Ripley Rattlers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 493 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 https://picturethepast.org.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/dccs000069/posterid/dccs000069.html The Ripley Tolleybuses replaced the trams. Look through this page and trolleybuses were all over the place; https://picturethepast.org.uk/image-themes/buses-and-trams.html?action=cookie&pageindex=3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 The early Notts and Derby AEC trolleybuses had a dummy radiator fitted. Certainly not bi-mode just electricity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 I'm amazed that the trolley overhead cabling remained intact over all the distance of open country. https://www.rdht.org.uk/the-ripley-rattlers/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,196 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Just read your post Jonab, quite interesting. If only there were more pictures. Having driven the old route, on the way to Matlock bath, like you, I'm fascinated to think trolley wires ran all that way. Often wondered how like today's trams, they can run uphill. Steel on steel and all that. How do they get the traction? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,203 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Didn’t they depart for Ripley from Queen St. by the main post office? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,196 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Can I assume that the trams would follow the old A610 road? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 493 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Beekay said: Just read your post Jonab, quite interesting. If only there were more pictures. Having driven the old route, on the way to Matlock bath, like you, I'm fascinated to think trolley wires ran all that way. Often wondered how like today's trams, they can run uphill. Steel on steel and all that. How do they get the traction? Either sand boxes fitted in front of the traction wheels or they employed someone to travel with the tram and get out and throw sand on the rails or locals were employed, maybe children, to do it. If all else failed I would imagie the male passengers got off and pushed it as a lot of passengers were miners. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 I believe they started from Ripley Marketplace, Codnor, Loscoe, Heanor, Langley Mill, Eastwood, Giltbrook, Kimberley, Nuthall and into town. I don't think trams, then the trolleybuses and later motor buses all took the same route into town after Cinder Hill. Someone will no more about that than me. On that route from Ripley through Derbyshire and into Nottinghamshire there is not much open countryside. Wasn't it the longest tram route in the country? (or world?). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,488 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 I can't guarantee the accuracy of this, but someone has a video on Youtube showing the route of the Ripley Rattlers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,196 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Sorry Kev., but it's got to be the worst clip ever. Don't even have time to see what's where, or even read the credits. Still no wiser and I've watched it twice. Not your fault I know, so thanks anyroad. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,196 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Stuart.C said: Either sand boxes fitted in front of the traction wheels or they employed someone to travel with the tram and get out and throw sand on the rails or locals were employed, maybe children, to do it. If all else failed I would imagie the male passengers got off and pushed it as a lot of passengers were miners. Surely sandboxes aren't fitted to the latest trams? So how do they climb market street on a rainy day? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Totongirl 341 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Beekay said: Surely sandboxes aren't fitted to the latest trams? So how do they climb market street on a rainy day? They are. You can see sand on the rails at a number of stops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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